Template:Category main article

The main article for this category is Category main article.

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Usage

This template is for use on Category pages, to link to the primary article associated with this category, which, most of the time, describes the entire set containing the category. In many cases, the category and its main article will have the same title.

This template is not a replacement for adding a category to the main article. The main article of a category should always be in the category, and it should use a space as the sort key so that it appears at the top of the category. Example: the article Internet should have the category [[Category:Internet| ]].

Normal usage (uses category name for wiki link):

• {{Category main article}} results in
  The main article for this category is Category main article.

If the name of the main article is different than the name of the category — for example: if the main article for Category: Dead or Alive (series) is Dead or Alive (franchise) — then you will need to use one parameter to specify the article:

• {{Category main article|Dead or Alive (franchise)}} results in
  The main article for this category is Dead or Alive (franchise).

Multiple articles

Simply append more articles as additional arguments (up to five):

• {{Category main article|1 BC}} results in
  The main article for this category is 1 BC.
• {{Category main article|1 BC|2 BC}} results in
  The main articles for this category are 1 BC and 2 BC.
• {{Category main article|1 BC|2 BC|3 BC|4 BC|5 BC}} results in
  The main articles for this category are 1 BC, 2 BC, 3 BC, 4 BC and 5 BC.

Pages which aren’t articles

The template should automatically detect titles being outside the article namespace, but this may also be set manually:

• {{Category main article|WP:WikiProject|article=no}} results in
  The main page for this category is WP:WikiProject.

Plurals and other redirects

If the mainspace page corresponding to the category is a redirect, it will be automatically bypassed by default. For example Category:Wildfires corresponds to Wildfires which redirects to Wildfire. If Category:Wildfires used {{Category main article}} without any arguments, it would still display and link Wildfire not Wildfires to respect the convention.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Category main article in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Category main article

Specifies the primary article(s) associated with this category

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Article 1	1	Name of primary article, if different from category name	Page name	optional
Article 2	2	Name of second main article	Page name	optional
Article 3	3	Name of third main article	Page name	optional
Article 4	4	Name of fourth main article	Page name	optional
Article 5	5	Name of fifth main article	Page name	optional

Tracking categories

If the template is used in the Article or Draft namespaces, the page will be added to the hidden tracking category Category:Articles using category hatnotes.

If the hatnote links to a non-existent page (i.e. a red link), the category will be added to Category:Categories with hatnote templates targeting a non-existent page.

If the name of the category and the link to its main article do not match (e.g. Category:Foo (bar) and Foo), the category will be added to Category:Category main article does not match category title. This is useful for finding links that need correcting and categories that need renaming to match their articles. (However, in many cases, the category and article not matching is intentional and not a problem.)

See also

• {{Topic category}}

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